Hardwood Hustle
Summary: The Hardwood Hustle podcast brought to you by PGC Basketball seeks to educate, empower and encourage coaches around the world. Your hosts, coaches TJ Rosene and Sam Allen share their experiences and perspectives centered around the game of basketball. Guest interviews from the biggest names in basketball and beyond, provide keen insights into how coaches can achieve a high level of success and be transformational in the lives of their players. The Hardwood Hustle has been equipping and inspiring the basketball community since 2014. Allow our guides TJ and Sam to journey with you and help you enjoy a fulfilling coaching career season after season.
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This episode is part 2 of the Read & React offense with Rick Torbett, celebrating 20 years since its creation and impact on the basketball community. In this episode we dive into teaching, implementing, and gamifying the Read & React where you can get ideas and strategies for coaching any offense. To go deeper on the Read & React offense, sign up for Rick Torbett's free Read & React Master Class. Go to PGCHustle.com to sign up.
This week we’re joined by the creator of the Read & React Offense and founder of Better Basketball, Rick Torbett. Over 20 years ago Coach Rick asked some hard questions about how he could create a flow to his offense, play his 5 best players regardless of position, and truly help his players learn the game. In Part 1 Coach Rick shares the stories behind how he developed it and why so many coaches have implemented the Read & React Offense. Don't forget to check out Episode 526 for Part 2 on the Read & React Offense with Rick Torbett. To go deeper on the Read & React offense, sign up for Rick Torbett's free Read & React Master Class. Go to PGCHustle.com to sign up. To take your defensive to the next level, join PGC Coaching's 4-Week Defensive Strategies Track for coaches. Go to pgccoaching.com/tracks by April 4th.
Every season has its own challenges and as we know, adversity is coming for us and our players. This week TJ and Sam discuss how to navigate and mentor players face the challenges of earning playing time, receiving tough coaching, or being disappointed in their role. Helping players understand that adversity is meant to make us better if we learn how to face it head on is a great opportunity as a coach which can change the trajectory of our players lives. Listen this week to join the discussion and follow us @hardwood_hustle to stay connected.
This week TJ and Sam discuss In-Game coaching strategies including making strategic adjustments, how and when to use timeouts, managing our emotions and our team’s energy, using stats during games, and ensuring your team is prepared. To take your defensive to the next level, join PGC Coaching's 4-Week Defensive Strategies Track for coaches. Go to pgccoaching.com/tracks by April 4th.
Show Notes: • Intro Topic • Injured player example • Michigan football stealing signs • Justifying breaking rules • Rick Majerus example • Reading opponent's scout • Winning the right way • Celebrating the right way • Getting a technical on purpose
This week we’re joined by Coach Jonas Allen. With years of high school and college coaching experience, Coach Allen was in his second year as a head coach, when he was ready to quit. In this episode he shares how he transformed his coaching and quickly turned around his program to win a state championship. To take your defensive to the next level, join PGC Coaching's 4-Week Defensive Strategies Track for coaches. Go to pgccoaching.com/tracks by April 4th.
This week TJ and Sam dive into the details of what will make your offense work this season. They discuss spacing, screening angles, timing, assessing different offensive strategies for your team, and much more.
With all the 'Me First' influences we have in our culture, it can be even more challenging to develop great teams and great teammates in our programs. This week TJ’s associate head coach, Graham Maxwell joins us to discuss how to take our programs to the next level by ensuring we help our players zoom out and develop the tools and skills to be a great teammate in basketball and in life. The difficulty level is high, but the reward is worthwhile. To take your defensive to the next level, join PGC Coaching's 4-Week Defensive Strategies Track for coaches. Go to pgccoaching.com/tracks by April 4th.
This week’s episode is about offensive and defensive rebounding strategies and tactics including things you can try with your team and lessons learned from TJ and Sam. Show Notes: • Offensive rebounding percentage • How many to send to the glass? • Creating clarity • Tagging • By area on the court • Do what you do best • What your players do naturally • Emphasis and accountability • Statistical examples • Defensive rebounding strategies • Basketball IQ, physicality, and incentevize • Practice details • Technique
This we discuss staff dynamics and how both assistants and head coaches can lead well and bring the best out in each other even when it comes to disagreements and giving feedback. Show Notes: • Importance of alignment • Giving assistants ownership • Loyalty to the head coach • Finding the best solutions for the team • Can you agree to disagree? • Being all in • Importance of trust • We're in the relationship business • How staff dynamics effect the team To take your defensive to the next level, join PGC Coaching's 4-Week Defensive Strategies Track for coaches. Go to pgccoaching.com/tracks by April 4th.
This week we’re joined by Todd Gongwer, a best-selling author, speaker and teacher on leadership and cultural development. He wrote one of our favorite books, Lead… for God’s Sake, and in this episode they discuss leading well in a competitive environment amidst the pressures of winning. Show Notes: • Responsibility crisis • Finding blind spots • The emphasis on results • Winning the right ways • Pursuing happiness • Finding peace • Being a competitor • Passion v. Purpose • Making an impact • What will be enough • What other relationships are effected • Finding purpose • Reaping the rewards Learn more from Todd Gongwer: @ToddGongwer Kardiatg.com Todd's Gongwer's Bio: (Pronounced GONG-wur) For nearly thirty years, Todd Gongwer has been building his expertise in leadership and team dynamics by serving in a variety of senior level roles in business and athletics. From entrepreneurial start-up, to public company to college athletics, Todd’s real-life practical experiences in these worlds have given him a perspective that allows him to connect with his audiences in powerfully impactful ways. As a best-selling author, speaker and teacher on leadership and cultural development, Todd has spent the last decade working with some of the most successful coaches, teams, business leaders and educators in America. His principles have been embraced by countless leaders, including coaches and athletes from championship programs in the NCAA, NBA, MLB and NFL. Stories of the profound impact of Todd’s message have been featured on ESPN the Magazine, ESPN.com, Bleacher Report and Forbes.com. Todd continues to work with many of the most successful coaches in sports and is a popular speaker at major universities, high-profile sports teams, national associations, and high-profile businesses throughout the country. He lives in Indiana with his wife and three children, Kaden, Kira, and Wadson and is currently leading a cultural transformation initiative as an executive vice president at Patrick Industries.
This week TJ and Sam zoom out on offense and discuss different approaches coaches take in choosing their offensive strategy. They discuss what works and what doesn’t, and how to get your team to buy-in. Show Notes: • Getting players into roles • Style of coaching • The good and bad of freedom on offense • Understanding what wins • Having to breakdown bad habits • Scoring v. winning • Cultivating discipline and responsibility • Does your team know? • Players losing trust early in the season • Offensive essentials: pressure on rim, perimeter threat, shot selection • Getting your team to understand and buy-in • Deeper questions about your strategy • Playing small example • Bringing your coaching to life • Paint Touches To take your defensive to the next level, join PGC Coaching's 4-Week Defensive Strategies Track for coaches. Go to pgccoaching.com/tracks by April 4th.
This week we discuss the importance of how a coach evaluates their team throughout the season. Specifically we dive into evaluating games, practices, players, and staff. Show Notes: • Games – Are we overcomplicating it? – Focusing feedback on what you value – Age & Stage – Picking 3 Things • Players – Trying to do too much – Narrow the focus and name the win – The role of joy in development – Diagnosing and prescribing • Practices – Engagement and enjoyment – Create a plan for evaluation – Boosting culture in the midst of outside pressures – Sam’s practice examples – Right level of challenge & difficulty – Creating data in practice • Staff – Alignment & role clarity – Communicating the focus – Streamlining feedback
This week TJ and Sam discuss whether individual stats or team success get you in the hall of fame, what it means to impact winning, and how to get our players to value more than just scoring. Show Notes: • Recent comments from Gilbert Arenas • How you measure stats • Impacting winning • What we value in our culture • Winning matters • Accounting for all factors • NBA player examples • Who makes teammates better • High value on scoring • The coach's eye test • Highlight culture • Putting the puzzle together • What's best for your team To take your defensive to the next level, join PGC Coaching's 4-Week Defensive Strategies Track for coaches. Go to pgccoaching.com/tracks by April 4th.
This week we kick off the episode discussing a recent event in coaching where a professional football player went to the head coach to complain about the offensive coordinator. From there we touch on a variety of topics including coaches making adjustments, navigating relationship dynamics, and the challenge of leading today.